Rooted Leadership
Tools to thrive in today’s world.
A Fresh Approach to
Resilience, Leadership & Wellbeing
In a world of constant change, it’s easy to feel untethered—disconnected from our work, surroundings, and even ourselves. Rather than just managing stress, Rooted Leadership fosters deep grounding, helping you find stability, clarity, and confidence no matter where you are.
This transformative workshop helps professionals harness the power of place to cultivate resilience, creativity, and leadership. Through guided reflection, storytelling, and practical strategies, you’ll leave with renewed energy and purpose, ready to lead with presence and authenticity.
Participants will:
Find stability in an unsteady world through deepening their connection to their sense of place.
Rediscover joy and meaning in their work and life
Cultivate resilience without constant effort—just a new way of seeing
Strengthen relationships and teamwork through shared stories and deep listening
Why this matters now:
In an era of rapid change, growing complexity, and widespread disconnection, many people feel unmoored—from their work, their communities, even themselves. The ground keeps shifting, and familiar strategies don’t always meet the moment. Rooted Leadership offers an alternative—one that brings us back to the ground beneath our feet.
What can be gained is a practical and profound way to thrive in today’s world, rooted in who and where we are. It’s about reconnecting to your foundation—your lived experience, your story, your sense of place—so you can lead and live with greater clarity, resilience, and authenticity.
Sometimes we don’t need another wellness technique or stress-relief hack—we need a deep sense of grounding, belonging, and stability wherever we are.
This program is designed for:
Individuals seeking more grounding and presence in their work and life
Leaders and teams looking to build trust and connection through sharing lived experience and seeing each other and ourselves from a fresh perspective.
Organizations that prioritize well-being, creativity, and resilience
How This Is Different:
A Place-Centered Alternative
Many wellness trainings focus primarily on the mind, offering techniques that take us beyond our thoughts. Rooted Leadership brings us home to where we are. It's about being here, in time and space, and building from that solid ground.
Mind-fullness
While most mindfulness training turns attention inward, Rooted Leadership balances inner awareness with outer belonging. We learn to drop into the present moment, to not empty the mind, but to increase awareness of what adds nourishment to our lives, filling us with curiosity and connections to self, place, story, and each other.
From Relief to Grounding
Traditional resilience training often focuses on managing stress. Rooted Leadership offers tools and practices that help you build a foundation of strength, so resilience becomes something you return to—not something you grapple with.
Embodied Presence
Leadership isn't just an idea—it's a lived, felt experience. When you lead by drawing strength from where you are, your presence becomes tangible. You’re not floating above the moment—you’re rooted in it.
Embracing Fullness
Unlike sessions that focus primarily on the serenity of nature, Rooted Leadership embraces the full complexity of place—its beauty, its grit, its lessons. Just as the natural world thrives through both stillness and storms, we, too, can find strength in both comfort and challenge.
The Rooted Leadership Journey:
This experience invites you to feel at home—wherever you are. It’s designed to deepen your leadership presence, nurture personal and professional resilience, and reconnect you to your innate wisdom through practices grounded in place, story, and meaning.
1) Centering & Presence
Arrive fully in your work and life by tuning into the present moment, the season, and your surroundings.
→ Welcome session with an inspirational reading and conversation about the Rooted Leadership approach.
2) Place, Identity & Story
Use Erica’s Touchstone Story Process to explore and share your sense-of-place stories.
→ Reflective writing, story sharing, and listening.
3) Noticing What Matters
Slow down and tune in to the often-overlooked details that quietly anchor us.
→ In-the-field sensory awareness, reflection, and group dialogue.
4) Creating Your Connection Kit
Develop your own toolkit of meaningful, sustainable practices to stay rooted through life’s inevitable changes.
→ Collaborative sharing, integration, and next steps.
Rooted Leadership is about seeing differently, leading with presence, and knowing that you belong.
What You’ll Come Away With:
A deeper sense of home within yourself and your work
Clearer connection to your values, purpose, and strengths
Stronger presence, even in the face of uncertainty or change
Tools and practices that help you lead and live with grounded resilience
A shared sense of connection through hearing others’ stories and experiences
Get Grounded
We can schedule a call to learn more about each other, discuss your priorities, and explore what might be the best fit for your current staff and training needs. Reach out and we can find a good time to set up a call or Zoom.